orientedness

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noun

The state or condition of being oriented; an orientation.

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Meanings

nounorientedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or condition of being oriented; an orientation.

    According to Banfield, it is precisely the norm of present-orientedness […] that gives rise to crime and delinquency, poverty and squalor, broken families and illegitimacy.

    2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order

Origin

From oriented + -ness.

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APA

orientedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orientedness

MLA

“orientedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orientedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orientedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orientedness.

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